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DOUBLE Row PLANTRR CARRIAGE,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented'oct. 23, 1906.

Application filed December 18, 1905. Serial No. 292,323. r

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, ELBERT G. GRAVES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Howard, county of Ellis, and State of Texas, have invented aDouble-Row-Planter Carriage, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in planter-carriages,andparticularly to means for regulating the spacing of two planters 5' andthe object is to improve the carriagel shown in Letters Patentl grantedto me on November 6 1900, No. 661,047. `Other objects and advantageswill be fully explained in the following description, and the inventionwill be more particularlyT pointed out in the claims.

\ Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis application and specification. y,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the planof the frame being brokenaway. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the carriageframe and the spacing andshifting mechanism. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the carriage fromthe rear of the device. plan view of one of the shifting devices. Fig. 5is a detail view of the frame for vertical adjustment and balancing ofthe planter and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the invention, showingthe planters attached.

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A suitable truck, consisting of the axle 1, wheels 2, and spindleshaving upwardly-bent Shanks 3, to be attached to the axle 1 and formingwith said axle an arched axle, is provided for mounting thedouble-row-planter carriage. The shafts 4, which are attached to theaxle 1,A the draft-beam 5, to which the shafts 4 are attached, andbraces 6, attached to the axle 1 and to the shafts 4, constitute themain supporting-frame. Additional frame portions consist of thedepending uprights 7 and 8, attached to the draftbeam 5, and braces 9and 10, attached to the axle 1 and to the uprights 7 and 8. A crossbar11 is attached to the braces 9 and 10. Braces 13 and 14 are attached tothe-outside uprights 7 and 8, respectively, and to the shanks 3 of thetruck-spindles. The abovedescribed elements constitute the principalframework of the device.

The planters, which are to be of any ordinary design, such as are foundon the market,

Fig. 4is a` are carried andl supported by two elementsshiftablecarriersl and 17 and balancingsupports 18 and 19. The carriers 16 and 17are mounted on sleeves 20, (see Fig. 4,) which are supported on rods 21,carried .by uprights 7 and 8. The carriers are mountedloosely on thesleeves 20, so that the carriers are shiftable laterally between eachpair of uprights 7 and 8. The carriers are provided with suitable arms22, to be attached to the arms or beams projecting in front of theplanter. Means are provided for shifting and spacing the carriers 16 and17. Levers 23 and 24 are lfulcrumed on the cross-bar 11, and the lowerends are connected loosely with the carriers 16 and 17, respectively, bymeans of eyeboltcouplings 25 and braced connections 26, which engage thecouplings 25, one connection 26 being attached to carrier 16 and oneconnection 26 being attached to carrier 17. A rack 27 is attached tobraces 9 and 10. Each of the levers 23 and 24 carries a connecting-rod28 and spring-actuated detent 28 adapted to engage the rack 27 atvarious adjustments. The detents 28 may be actuated by a thumb-lever 29,located adjacent to the grip of each lever. By means thus described thecarriers 16 and 17 can be shifted to space the same at any desirableposition to the right or left or toward or from each other. l

The balancing-supports 18 and 19 are each provided with arms 30,connected thereto by links 31. The arms 30 are to be attached to thearms or beams of the planters between the planters and supporting-wheels45 for the purpose of raising the planters to be shifted. The supports1.8 and 19 are each connected to levers 32 by links 33. The levers 32are fulcrumed on the shafts 4 and carry spring-actuated detents 34,which engage lracks 35, which are attached to the shafts 4. Thedetentsare actuated by thumb-levers 36, which are mounted on the levers 32adjacent to the grips thereof. By means of the levers 32 the supportsmay be elevated or lowered and held at any desirable position for thepurpose of adjusting the planters laterally to the desired positions.The planters will be sup.- ported by the balancing-bars 18 and 19, sothat the planters will be carried in their proper upright positions whenshifted laterally by the spacing and. shifting means heretoforedescribed and will not be tilted or shifted to. lateral positions.

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The I-bolt couplings 25 have reduced rounded portions 37, which permitrocking movement of the carriers 16 and 17, and the flat portions of thecouplings are perforated. to receive rivets 38, which connect the levers23 and 24 to the couplings. The levers 23 and 24 have slots therein topermit freedom of movement of the levers as the lower ends of the leversmove through arcs of circles for shifting the carriers 16 and 17.

A suitable seat 39 is mounted on the truck, and a foot-rest 40 isprovided and attached to the truck by hangers 41, which are attached tothe seat-bar 43, and by braces 42, which are attached to braces 9 and10.

Various changes may be made in the construction of the various partscomposing the planter-carriage Without departing from my invention.

Having fully describedlmy invention, what aim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is*

1. A double-roW-planter carriage comprising a suitable truck, shiftablecarriers mounted on said truck, means for. laterally shifting saidcarriers, and means for balancing planters carried by said carriers indifferent positions.

2. A double-row-planter carriage comprising a suitable truck, shiftablecarriers mounted on said truck, means for laterally adjusting saidcarriers, and means for balancing and vertically adjusting plantersmounted on said. carriers.

3. A double-row-planter carriage comprising a suitable truck, carriersmounted on said truck, means for shifting and spacing said carrierslaterally, means for holding said carriers in their shifted positions,and balancing attachments for permitting planters supported by saidcarriers to balance themselves at various positions to which saidcarriers may be shifted.

4. A double-row-planter carriage comprising a suitable truck, hangersattached to said truck and carrying bearings at the lower ends thereof,carriers slidable on and pivotally engaging said bearings, means forholding said carriers in various positions on said bearings, balancingattachments coperating with said carrier for supporting planters, andmeans for vertically adjusting said balancing attachments.

5. A double-roW-planter carriage comprisengaging said rack,

`carriers laterally,

erating with said carriers for ing a suitable truck, hangers attached tosaid truck and carrying bearings in the lower ends thereof, carriersslidable on and pivotally engaging said bearings, means for shifting andholding said carriers in various positions on said bearings consistingof levers fulcrumed on said truck and loosely connected to saidcarriers, a rack attached to said truck, springactuated detcnts carriedby said levers for and balancing attachments cooperating with sai d.carriers for supporting planters.

6. A doublc-row-planter carriage having a suitable truck, hangersrigidly attached to said truck and carrying bearings in the lower endsthereof, carriers slidable on and pivotally engaging said bearii'igs,levers fulcrumed on said truck for shifting and spacing .said a rackmountcdon said truck, spring-actuated dctcnts carried by said levers toengage said rack whereby said carriers are held in whatever positionsthey may be shifted, and means cooperating with said carriers forsupporting planters.

7. A double-row-planter carriage having a suitable truck, shiftablecarriers mounted on said truck, and balancing attachments copsupportingplanters and permitting planters to balance themselves in differentpositions to which said carriers may be shifted.

8. A double-row-planter carriage .having a suitable truck, shiftablecarriers mounted on said truck, balancing attachments coperating withsaid carriers to support planters, le'- vers fulcrumed on said truck andcarrying said balancing attaclnnents, racks attmrhed to said truck, andspring-actuated detents carried by said levers for engaging said rackswhereby said balancing attzmhments `may be held at various verticaladjustments.

9. A double-row-plauter`carri age comprising a suitable truck, shiftablecarriers mounted on said truck, levers for shifting said carriers andholding at various adjustments, and I-bolt couplings connecting saidlevers and said carriers.

In testimony whereof I set my hand, in the presence of two witnesses,this 22th day of November, 1905.

ELBERT G. GRAVES. l/Vitnesses:

J. XV. MAXWELL, A. L. JACKSON.

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